So this one time I forgot my memory stick and then made livejournal do it for me. Pay no mind.
Periods:
- CC: postnuclear, existentialism (without certainty, confusion arises) + bad faith (bokononism isn’t bad faith admits to be wrong, government plus religion made), satirizes science + arms race, skeptical of absolutes
- Dying: Modern (post WWI rejects tradition, sense of loss, disillusionment), psychology and stream of consciousness, Darl + Interior monologue (he ultimately goes mad, too, use quotes here)
- Both: Elements of realism (no embellishment, emulates contemporary life, society as is), romanticism (only notion of respecting nature), naturalism (heredity determines outcome, the Bundren children), both have elements of regionalism, talk about later in conclusion
Regionalism:
- CC: san lorenzan dialect, bokononism, San Lorenzo is described in detail (use quotes) (chapter 38 + 60 gives physical details “barracuda capital of the world”) “The dialect of San Lorenzo is both easy to understand and difficult to write down. I say it is easy to understand, but I speak only for myself. Others have found it as incomprehensible as Basque, so my understanding of it may be telepathic.” (pg. 108 ch. 49 paragraph 3)
- Dying: southern dialect, Christianity+societal belief system, the south described (use quotes, point out that Darl, the narrator aka the readers connection to this world does not use a southern accent, vardmon does not use proper grammar and especially verb tense)
- Both: have elements of regionalism, Faulkner known as regionalist writer, Vonnegut not, difference in focus on place (CC isn’t as big as Dying on physical descriptions, more political, societal)
View of Religions:
- CC: narrator discovers Bokononism, he (and the humanity he represents) are the symbol for the message, Vonnegut is a humanist, atheist
- Dying: Christianity (or popularized religion), talk specifically about Addie, Reverand Whitfield, Cora Tull, and Jewel as the symbol for the message, Faulkner’s outlook on life is this…
- Both: carry a commentary on religion of the time, Vonnegut’s message could also be compared to kabala, scientology, etc.
Psychology (pretty much a review of periods, do last if need words, also works as conclusion):
- CC: religion, how do minds of everything think, universe is ultimately absurd (religion can’t solve our mental abilities), fragmented chapters, correlation between chaos and confusion
- Dying: stream of consciousness and Darl’s interior monologues, he goes crazy, the times (societal view) vs. the self
Chapter System/Storytelling system:
- CC: One narrator, short and choppy storytelling, chronology misshaped “Dr. Breed was mistaken about at least one thing: there was such a thing as ice-nine. And ice-nine was on earth.” (pg. 50 ch. 23 paragraph 1) “When I flew to San Lorenzo, Julian Castle was sixty years old.” (pg. 84 ch. 40 paragraph 3) gives details as if you already know story, told passively in present tense, talk about story breaks
- Dying: 15 Narrators, much overlap between the chapters (the first chapters all deal with characters hearing Cash chopping at the coffin), chronology mishaps, one chapter often picks up with the last action of the previous
- Both: sometimes too short and choppy (the 14th book of bokonon vs. vardaman’s fish chapter)
A nod towards the link between fate and irony? Aka another good conclusion
- Jewel’s horse vs. karass, maybe use some bokononism to detail the bundrens
- CC: postnuclear, existentialism (without certainty, confusion arises) + bad faith (bokononism isn’t bad faith admits to be wrong, government plus religion made), satirizes science + arms race, skeptical of absolutes
- Dying: Modern (post WWI rejects tradition, sense of loss, disillusionment), psychology and stream of consciousness, Darl + Interior monologue (he ultimately goes mad, too, use quotes here)
- Both: Elements of realism (no embellishment, emulates contemporary life, society as is), romanticism (only notion of respecting nature), naturalism (heredity determines outcome, the Bundren children), both have elements of regionalism, talk about later in conclusion
Regionalism:
- CC: san lorenzan dialect, bokononism, San Lorenzo is described in detail (use quotes) (chapter 38 + 60 gives physical details “barracuda capital of the world”) “The dialect of San Lorenzo is both easy to understand and difficult to write down. I say it is easy to understand, but I speak only for myself. Others have found it as incomprehensible as Basque, so my understanding of it may be telepathic.” (pg. 108 ch. 49 paragraph 3)
- Dying: southern dialect, Christianity+societal belief system, the south described (use quotes, point out that Darl, the narrator aka the readers connection to this world does not use a southern accent, vardmon does not use proper grammar and especially verb tense)
- Both: have elements of regionalism, Faulkner known as regionalist writer, Vonnegut not, difference in focus on place (CC isn’t as big as Dying on physical descriptions, more political, societal)
View of Religions:
- CC: narrator discovers Bokononism, he (and the humanity he represents) are the symbol for the message, Vonnegut is a humanist, atheist
- Dying: Christianity (or popularized religion), talk specifically about Addie, Reverand Whitfield, Cora Tull, and Jewel as the symbol for the message, Faulkner’s outlook on life is this…
- Both: carry a commentary on religion of the time, Vonnegut’s message could also be compared to kabala, scientology, etc.
Psychology (pretty much a review of periods, do last if need words, also works as conclusion):
- CC: religion, how do minds of everything think, universe is ultimately absurd (religion can’t solve our mental abilities), fragmented chapters, correlation between chaos and confusion
- Dying: stream of consciousness and Darl’s interior monologues, he goes crazy, the times (societal view) vs. the self
Chapter System/Storytelling system:
- CC: One narrator, short and choppy storytelling, chronology misshaped “Dr. Breed was mistaken about at least one thing: there was such a thing as ice-nine. And ice-nine was on earth.” (pg. 50 ch. 23 paragraph 1) “When I flew to San Lorenzo, Julian Castle was sixty years old.” (pg. 84 ch. 40 paragraph 3) gives details as if you already know story, told passively in present tense, talk about story breaks
- Dying: 15 Narrators, much overlap between the chapters (the first chapters all deal with characters hearing Cash chopping at the coffin), chronology mishaps, one chapter often picks up with the last action of the previous
- Both: sometimes too short and choppy (the 14th book of bokonon vs. vardaman’s fish chapter)
A nod towards the link between fate and irony? Aka another good conclusion
- Jewel’s horse vs. karass, maybe use some bokononism to detail the bundrens